Stories Jesus Told: Modern Meditations on the Parables

by John Jay Hughes

Everyone loves a story. And Jesus' audience was no different from ours today. Using the parable (which the author defines as "an earthly story with a heavenly meaning") to teach his followers basic truths, lessons in right and wrong, so to speak, was a mark of Jesus' ministry. Some -- like the Good Samaritan and the Prodigal Son -- are quite familiar, while others-such as the beggar Lazarus at the rich man's gate-are less so. "The images Jesus in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764804138
• ISBN13: 9780764804137
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Liguori Publications
• Length: 133 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.2"